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Tools

Updating the CA BI infrastructure with CA SDM schema changes is an administrative function. To promote modified schema changes into the reports, you must include the following tools in your development environment:

Business Objects Designer

This full client Windows tool is installed on the CA BI production server as part of the base CA BI installation for windows. When the CA BI server is a non-Windows architecture, or when login access to the production CA BI application server is undesirable, you must create a separate CA BI installation on a Windows (development) server. A development CA BI server installation allows you to access the production CA BI objects remotely, no matter the architecture of the CA BI production server installation.

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

This web-based report creation tool is used for modifying and creating Web Intelligence (WebI) reports. You can access the WebI tool through the BusinessObjects InfoView interface. Administrative permissions for the WebI and InfoView tools are available within CA BI, specifically using the BusinessObjects Central Management Console (CMC) tool.

CA SDM ODBC Driver

Provided with the CA BI installation is the CA SDM ODBC Driver. This component enables WebI and Crystal Reports to access CA SDM data while enforcing data partition security. The ODBC Driver is installed as part of the base CA BI installation on the CA BI application server. It is also available as a client installation so that it can be used on a computer not running CA BI along with the Crystal Reports XI client.

Note: For information on defining data partitions security for your reporting environment, see the Administration Guide.